Andy Burnham's Blog, page 140

Gib Hill

A new exhibition at Sheffield's Weston Park Museum: Brought to Light: The Remarkable Bateman Collection. Bateman was a prolific barrow digger who dug Gib Hill in 1848. Echibition opens on Friday 27th May 2022 running until 15 January 2023. Also a free talk on 9th June and workshop on 18th June at the museum. More details in the links lower down our page. Long Barrow and Round Barrow in Derbyshire. As Arbor Low has been described as ‘The Stonehenge of the North’, so Gib Hill has been called ‘A miniature Silbury Hill’. It appears at first glance to be a fine example of a Bronze Age round barrow, however, archaeological evidence reveals that it is actually two barrows with a Bronze Age round barrow superimposed on top of an earlier Neolithic long barrow.

Cilgerran stone

22 May 2022 was the culmination of a few months of dialogue and thinking, to make a dream real. A wonderful demonstration of the power of community pulling together to make the immovable object float and slot into position. . Standing stone at Cilgerran football club, once fallen but now re-erected in May 2022. Woodsman writes: On our local football pitch there was a large stone laying down, with a hole drilled in it, presumably where it was used for a gatepost. The OS map from 1890 shows two standing stones in the field, both missing now and since 1920. A corner chipped off the stone when moved by a digger shows an interesting granite like structure possibly dolerite. The local stone is slate, and we are close to the Preselis, source of the bluestones at stone henge.

Foel y Mwnt

An Iron-Age promontory fort in Ceredigion. The top of the hill is marked by two lines of defensive earthworks. The area within the headland defined by these terraces is devoid of any sign of habitations or indeed of any level ground. The summit of the hill is said to have once had a lofty stone cross, from which the church of the Holy Cross is though to have derived its dedication. A search of the area failed to reveal any evidence of a socket hole.

Stone Babas on Dvortsova Street

This unique display on Dvortsova Street, in Kirovohrad attracts the passerby by the statues’ exotic appearance. In a park by the roadside is a collection of six statues, one Neolithic anthropomorphic stele, one medieval Polovtsian “baba", the rest Scythian, one of the largest collections in Ukraine, left by the local authorities to the mercy of the elements, and now potentially far worse of course.

Castilly Henge

Previously unknown stone circle (or circle of pits in any case) found inside this Neolithic henge in Cornwall, details in the comments on our page. Castilly Henge is next to the Innis Downs roundabout on the A30, it is a large egg shaped late Neolithic earthwork approximately 30m wide on the inside from each edge of the ditch. Overall the monument is approximately 60m wide by 80m long, with the outer bank up to 2m high from the bottom of the inner ditch.

Bala Modern Eisteddfod Stone Circle

This is the 1967 Eisteddfod circle with twelve stones which are found as you enter Bala (Gwynedd) from the north-east and turn towards the lake.

Rygårde Langdysse 2

Langdysse (Long Barrow) in Randers, Denmark. Dimensions: 11 x 5 x 0.3 meters with 14 kerbstones. No chamber is visible.

Stanton Drew NE Circle

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The smallest of the three circles at Stanton Drew, composed of eight large stones, and with a diameter of about 30 metres. Within this circle geophysics has shown that four enormous timber posts once once stood. It is not yet understood if these where buildings, raised platforms or some other form of ceremonial structure. This site is an outlier to the huge circle at Stanton Drew by about 100 metres to the northeast.

Anthropomorphic Stelae near Mount Kremenets

Ancient stone "Polovtsian women" (7th century) on the western slope of Mount Kremenets, Ukraine, damaged by shelling on March 24th, 2022

Su Gardosu Tomba di Giganti

Snow - this April - how is this possible!. Tomba di giganti Su Gardosu is a Nuragic megalithic tomb located immediately east of the local road to Lodine on the island of Sardinia (Sardegna). The burial chamber survived in good condition, albeit without vaulting. The exedra is likewise mostly distinguishable. The tomb is built of granite blocks.